Pilsgate
Hamlet in Cambridgeshire, England
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Pilsgate is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barnack, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Pilsgate is close to the county boundary and 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1881 the parish had a population of 125.[1]
Post townSTAMFORD
| Pilsgate | |
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 Signpost in Pilsgate | |
  Pilsgate Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Civil parish | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STAMFORD |
| Postcode district | PE9 |
History
Pilsgate was recorded in the Domesday Book as Pillesgate.[2] From 1866 Pilsgate was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 24 March 1887 and merged with Barnack.[3][4]
